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make sure you dedicate your book to someone! then if another reader doesn't like it, you can remind them it isn't FOR them! it says right there at the beginning who it's for, silly! if the person you dedicated it to doesn't like it, you're fucked. sorry

4 hours ago 30 10 0 0

who cares if it's bad, have you seen some of the shit people are reading these days

1 day ago 54 28 0 0

break everything down into small steps, like "press the Y key", "press the U key", "press the R key", "press the I key",

2 days ago 38 22 0 1

yeah! work it! spend all day rewriting the same scene! uaahhhggg

3 days ago 24 13 0 0

haven't you had enough of writing? don't you want a simple life, working in recruitment?

4 days ago 13 2 1 0

chatgpt CAN be useful! for example, if you mention it during a writing group, you'll find out immediately which of the other writers to laugh out of the room

5 days ago 72 22 0 0

chatgpt CAN be useful! for example, if you mention it during a writing group, you'll find out immediately which of the other writers to laugh out of the room

5 days ago 6 2 0 0

if you don't put your whole heart and soul into your novel, i'm going to come to your house and beat you

6 days ago 42 21 1 0

need to make your book shorter? cut out the bad bits! need to make your book longer? put in more good bits! easy!

1 week ago 30 10 0 0
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replace it with gay sex

1 week ago 3 0 1 0

remove all the plot from your story and replace it with gay sex

1 week ago 132 72 5 8

who even needs a chapter 2 anyway

1 week ago 25 7 0 2

not sure where to start? how about in your living room? maybe a home office? garden? anywhere you can bring your laptop really

1 week ago 22 3 0 0

not sure when to stop editing? you don't. you never stop. deal with it

1 week ago 51 27 1 1
shocked pikachu meme (the blurry version not the crisp one)

shocked pikachu meme (the blurry version not the crisp one)

me: if you're stuck on a scene, the problem is likely further back than you think

me after i get stuck on a scene for two days and realise the problem is further back than i thought:

1 week ago 57 14 0 0

the chapter isn't going to write itself, but it might unwrite itself if you don't start treating your laptop with respect

1 week ago 44 18 0 0
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don't fix your plot holes, they'll give your readers something to talk about

1 week ago 63 32 1 1

hmm. sounds like that new idea you've just had would be much better AND easier to write than the project you're in the middle of. something to think about

2 weeks ago 107 71 0 3

not sure what should happen next? kill off your protagonist and make the closest thing to them the new protagonist. sorted

2 weeks ago 24 7 0 1

scream your words at the ocean. if a tsunami doesn’t hit you that means you’re good

2 weeks ago 28 12 0 0

look to the mice. what are they writing about rn. mouse things, probably

2 weeks ago 15 4 0 0

don't write ever again

2 weeks ago 28 8 1 1

i don't know anything about writing who told you that

2 weeks ago 36 5 2 0

sometimes you need a break! and by break i mean BREAK the RECORD for MOST WORDS WRITTEN in a DAY

2 weeks ago 20 6 0 0
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don't forget to leave an offering of wine or herbs for autosave tonight so it doesn't overwrite all your files with thousands of devil face emoji

3 weeks ago 11 1 1 0

stop (writing), drop (your current idea) and roll (around in the mud)

3 weeks ago 36 14 0 0

looking for a setting for your next story? have you ever considered rochdale

3 weeks ago 6 1 0 0

write the longest word you know first, then it's all downhill from there

3 weeks ago 20 5 2 1

spending all day stressing about your writing DOES count as writing!! 🎉🎊🥂🥳

3 weeks ago 29 16 0 4
a tablet set up for writing in the trafford centre foodcourt, which is themed as the deck of a cruise ship under a starry sky

a tablet set up for writing in the trafford centre foodcourt, which is themed as the deck of a cruise ship under a starry sky

it was my birthday yesterday so today for a treat i'm writing in the trafford centre 🤎

3 weeks ago 13 0 1 0